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話裡套話

简 话里套话 · 繁 話裡套話
Mandarin · pinyin huà lǐ tào huà

Meanings

  1. to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information
  2. to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed
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話
huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
裡
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套
tào · case, cover, wrapper, envelope
话
huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
里
lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
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Entries containing 話裡套話 ↗Words written with 話 ↗Words written with 裡 ↗Words written with 套 ↗Words written with 话 ↗Words written with 里 ↗

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4–3–4–4 · hua4 li3 tao4 hua4

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waa6 leoi5 tou3 waa6

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話裡套話 · hua4 li3 tao4 hua4
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source line 101,128
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Exact source record話裡套話 话里套话 [hua4 li3 tao4 hua4] /to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information/to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed/